Wide field shot of the virgo cluster.
Equipment:
- Samyang 135mm
- Fuji X-T5
- Star Adventurer 2i
Images:
- 387 x 30s
- ISO 400
- f2.0
Full resolution and more info: https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/188443/deep_sky/markarian-chain/galaxy/by-maxi_franzi
Yes processing the image plays a huge role.
But at the end you can only work with the information provided by your equipment as there are physical limitations on what one can capture.
To me the most interesting part of this hobby is to learn what you physically really have to do to get good images. Physics not only plays a role on understanding what we see in these images but also on how to make them.
Truly fascinating!
While there are tools like generative AI models to invent images like this, in astrophotography it is very important only to use tools which don‘t invent any new information.
The only tool which is debatable is denoising with AI, as it really creates information learned from other images. But even here there are ways to prevent this.
Imo at the end we want to capture whats really out there, not what there could be
I mean, I literally just put the phone on the roof of my car and leaned it against my wallet. It was just an experiment because I wanted to know whats possible with just a phone
Yes, I used Siril for stacking/ stretching, Starnett++ for star removal (to edit the glimpse of orion nebula a little better), GraXpert for gradient and noise, and BlurXTerminator for deconvolution. Final editing was done in Photoshop.
So heavy editing indeed..
Hope this low effort post is accepted, I just wanted to share my first image when I started.
There was no telescope or tracker used, just a smartphone leaned against my wallet.
Images:
- ~400 x 1s
- ISO 3200
Editing:
- stacking/ stretching in Siril
- GraXpert for gradient and denoising
- BlurXTerminator for deconvolution
- Starnett++ to edit the barely visible nebula a bit better
- final editing in Photoshop
The surface is very rough as we don't have the right tools to achieve a smooth finish. As it is very rustic we just leave it as
Yes that's true, and I think at least in this case the imperfections are acceptable because the desired look was to feature the organic look of the wood. At least it's a good excuse for the lack of woodworking skills
Thanks, yes there is a very thin sheet of plywood attached at the bottom of each disk. The disks themselves where completely dried before of course
Thanks! There is one anker point at the top with an dowel in the wall. The rest is fairly stable as one piece
As we didn’t find any shelf of our liking we tried to create it ourself. It worked out better than expected, however it obviously isn’t perfect. But as completely laymans we are happy nonetheless.
One cool feature is that through all pieces goes one straight hole, this allows putting lamps on the shelf without seeing any cables.
I totally agree with you, but that besides the point here. Actually I believe everyone should be able to load any app into without any certificates, validation, stores etc.
With that I totally agree
Which he has every right to do so.
I also wouldn’t publish my app through a company which treats developers so inconsistently and badly.
Frankly this shows exactly why you shouldn’t work with apple more than anything. The one thing apple has to do, which is to approve legitimate and save apps, failed. As it did countless times before.
This hurts developers (especially small ones) and shows why competition is needed.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14024670
> M51 > > This was shot under extremely poor conditions with lot of clouds. > So this is just a practice shot, but we try to get the best results with the equipment we have, so we will visit this target again with good seeing. > > Equipment: > - Fuji X-T5 > - Samyang 135mm > - Star Adventurer 2i > > Images: > - 217x 60s > - ISO 125 > > More info here: > https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/185140/deep_sky/whirlpool-galaxy/M/51/galaxy/by-maxi_franzi
This was shot under extremely poor conditions with lot of clouds. So this is just a practice shot, but we try to get the best results with the equipment we have, so we will visit this target again with good seeing.
Equipment:
- Fuji X-T5
- Samyang 135mm
- Star Adventurer 2i
Images:
- 217x 60s
- ISO 125
More info here: https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/185140/deep_sky/whirlpool-galaxy/M/51/galaxy/by-maxi_franzi
Since people are commenting this image is „fake“ or „ai“, here is the same scene shot from a similar location with a cheap smartphone:
I take this as a compliment, as I tried to imitate a miniature model town. The village is photographed with a tele lens from a mountain. Then with very tedious post processing several layers of blur was added to amplify the tilt shift effect.
It is actually a real village. The blur was added in post processing to imitate the tilt shift effect.
This is just a test shot to see how much detail can be captured using the 135mm Samyang lens. I think with way more exposure time and proper polar alignment the details can be further improved.
- Fuji X-T5
- Samyang 135mm f2.0
- 400x 15s
Obviously with a real telescope the result would be way better, but as a beginner I first try to push my equipment I already own.
This was a very challenging target for us as we are still beginners, but the comet stands out nicely. We hoped for a bit more detail, but shooting with the Samyang 135mm lens is quite a strech for this target.
Equipment:
- Samyang 135mm f2.0
- Fuji X-T5
- Star Adventurer 2i
Images:
- 400x 15s
- ISO 400
More infos here: https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/183073/comet/by-maxi_franzi
My first try at IC 1805 with my stock Fuji XT camera. Turned out way nicer than I could’ve imagined.
equipment:
- Samyang 135mm f2.0
- Fuji X-T5 (unmodified)
- STC duo-narrowband clip-in filter
- Star adventurer 2i
frames:
- 550x 60s
- ISO 1600
- f2.8
editing:
- stacked in Siril
- background removal with GraXpert
- editing in Photoshop
More infos on Telescopius: https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/178053/deep_sky/heart-nebula/IC/1805/diffuse-nebula/by-maxi_franzi
If anyone knows what causes the elongated star shape in the top left corner please let me know. I tried to get the focus as perfect as possible.
This is my second try at the Andromeda galaxy. This image is shot with an ordinary camera and lens, though the work behind the image is much more than point and shot. The total exposure time is a bit more than 2 hours. For anyone interested in the workflow and equipment:
- Samyang 135mm f2.0 lens
- Fuji XT-5
- 410 images shot @20s exposure time
- calibrated and stacked in Siril
- background extraction with GraXpert
- star removal with Starnet++
- stretched in Siril with GHST and levels in PS
- final editing, star recomposition and cropping in PS
This is my second try at the Andromeda galaxy. Still very noisy but happy with the result nonetheless, except the star shape and coma.
- Samyang 135mm f2.0 lens
- Fuji XT-5
- 410 lights @20s
- calibrated and stacked in Siril
- background extraction with GraXpert
- star removal with Starnet++
- stretched in Siril with GHST and levels in PS
- final editing, star recomposition and cropping in PS